Rob’s Nannygate Papers Lying Lowe
Instead of worrying about nannies and chefs, apparently Rob Lowe should have hired a better bookkeeper.
One of the former employees being sued by, and in turn countersuing, the actor has filed a motion to dismiss Lowe’s lawsuit against her in light of his lawyer’s admission that they can’t find the confidentiality agreement the woman supposedly signed before going to work for the Lowe family.
Jessica Gibson, who worked for Rob and Sheryl Lowe on and off for seven years before everything went kablooey, is denying she ever signed such a document, according to court papers filed Thursday in Santa Barbara Superior Court.
Per Gibson’s filing, Lowe’s attorney, Larry Stein, wrote in a correspondence dated May 23 that the confidentiality agreement “is missing.”
“In effect, Ms. Gibson has been sued for breach of a nonexistent contract,” the motion states. “The Lowes set out to punish Ms. Gibson…and intimidate any and all who might want to assert [their rights].”
Gibson sued the Lowes in April, claiming sexual harassment and other unpleasantries, a week after the couple struck a triple blow in court, filing breach-of-contract suits against Gibson, another ex-babysitter, Laura Boyce, and their former private chef, Peter Clements. Lowe dropped his case against Clements late last month, reportedly after learning the epicure wasn’t going to be aiding Boyce and Gibson in their respective beefs.
Stein said Friday they will respond to Gibson’s motion in court. A hearing concerning this leg of the Lowe legal saga is set for June 19.
Gloria Allred, the attorney representing both Gibson and Boyce, confirmed to News she will be lobbying for the case’s dismissal in court.
There’s no word yet whether all of Lowe’s important employee-employer documents are missing, or just this one.
Rob Lowe Takes Heat Off the Chef
Rob Lowe’s animosity toward his former chef has been placed on the back burner.
The actor has dropped his complaint-ridden breach-of-contract lawsuit against Peter Clements, reportedly because he and his wife Sheryl learned that Clements isn’t on the side of the former nannies who are currently suing the Lowes for sexual harassment.
Per documents filed Friday in Santa Barbara Superior Court, the Lowes would like to dismiss, “with prejudice,” their case against Clements, whom they had accused of, among other things, swiping prescription drugs from their home, having sex in the master bedroom, stealing their mail and overcharging them for food.
It’s unclear what sort of info Clements offered to help the Lowe cause as they wage legal war against erstwhile babysitters Jessica Gibson and Laura Boyce and the ladies’ high-profile attorney, Gloria Allred, but it was apparently enough to forgive his laundry list of alleged sins.
“Once Peter Clements provided Rob and Sheryl Lowe with accurate information, the Lowes willingly dismissed their claims against him without cost to either side,” court documents state.
Meanwhile, Allred doesn’t think much of this latest curveball.
“We believe that Mr. Lowe’s latest legal maneuver will blow up in his face and will not get him out of the hot soup that he has landed in because of the two lawsuits that we have filed against him,” the L.A.-based legal eagle said in a statement Tuesday.
“Whatever Mr. Lowe has attempted to cook up smells badand will leave a lasting bad taste in his attempts to go after two innocent nannies who loved and cared for his children.”
Gibson and Boyce filed individual sexual harassment suits against the couple in response to the Lowes’ allegations of defamation, breach-of-contract, misrepresentation and infliction of emotional distress.